Hindi Adjectives

Hindi Adjectives

If you're trying to learn Hindi Adjectives which is also called Devanagari, check our courses about Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes... to help you with your Hindi grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Hindi. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

Hindi Adjectives

Learning the Hindi Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Hindi language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Hindi.

Hindi Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:

English Adjectives

Hindi Adjectives

adjectives

visheshan - विशेषण

a green tree

ek hara ped - एक हरा पेड़

a tall building

ek lanba imarat - एक लंबा इमारत

a very old man

ek bahut boodha aadami - एक बहुत बूढ़ा आदमी

the old red house

purana lal ghar - पुराना लाल घर

a very nice friend

ek bahut achchha dost - एक बहुत अच्छा दोस्त

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Hindi has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Devanagari.

List of Adjectives in Hindi

Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Hindi placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hindi vocabulary.

English Adjectives

Hindi Adjectives

colors

rang - रंग

black

kala - काला

blue

neela - नीला

brown

bhoora - भूरा

gray

dhoosar - धूसर

green

hara - हरा

orange

narangi - नारंगी

purple

baingani - बैंगनी

red

lal - लाल

white

safaed - सफ़ेद

yellow

peela - पीला

sizes

aakar - आकार

big

bada - बड़ा

deep

gahara - गहरा

long

lamba - लम्बा

narrow

sankeern - संकीर्ण

short

kam - कम

small

chhota - छोटा

tall

lanba - लंबा

thick

gadha - गाढ़ा

thin

patala - पतला

wide

chauda - चौड़ा

shapes

aakritiyon - आकृतियों

circular

paripatra - परिपत्र

straight

sidha - सीधा

square

varg - वर्ग

triangular

trikoneeya - त्रिकोणीय

tastes

svaad - स्वाद

bitter

kadava - कड़वा

fresh

taza - ताज़ा

salty

namakeen - नमकीन

sour

khatta - खट्टा

spicy

masaledaar - मसालेदार

sweet

meetha - मीठा

qualities

gun - गुण

bad

bura - बुरा

clean

svachh - स्वच्छ

dark

andhera - अंधेरा

difficult

kathin - कठिन

dirty

ganda - गंदा

dry

sookha - सूखा

easy

aasaan - आसान

empty

rikt - रिक्त

expensive

mahanga - महंगा

fast

upavaas - उपवास

foreign

videshi - विदेशी

full

poorn - पूर्ण

good

achchha - अच्छा

hard

kathin - कठिन

heavy

bhari - भारी

inexpensive

sasta - सस्ता

light

prakash - प्रकाश

local

sthaneeya - स्थानीय

new

naya - नया

noisy

shor - शोर

old

purana - पुराना

powerful

shaktishali - शक्तिशाली

quiet

shaant - शांत

correct

sahi - सही

slow

dheema - धीमा

soft

mulayam - मुलायम

very

bahut - बहुत

weak

kamazaor - कमज़ोर

wet

geela - गीला

wrong

galat - ग़लत

young

yuva - युवा

quantities

maatraen - मात्राएँ

few

kuch - कुछ

little

thoda - थोड़ा

many

anek - अनेक

much

bahut - बहुत

part

hissa - हिस्सा

some

kuch - कुछ

a few

kuch - कुछ

whole

poora - पूरा

Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Hindi, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Devanagari Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Hindi lessons here: Learn Hindi. Don't forget to bookmark this page.